Discrimination against HIV-infected people and the spread of HIV: Some evidence from France

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Spire, Bruno ^a,b,c   Obadia, Yolande ^a,b,c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 42949101761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000411     Document Type: Article

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